Continuous Improvement
Innovation
Community of Practice
Training
Acronyms
100

Document used to summarize a PI project

What is a RIP sheet?

100

HIP program implementation year

What is 2013?

100

A place for city employees to share knowledge and best practices

What is the [Continuous Improvement] Community of Practice?

100

Hand's on workflow exercise used during the Intro to CI training class

What is the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Factory?

100

DMAIC

What is Define-Measure-Improve-Analyze-Control

200

Application used to track PI projects

What is Contact Henderson?

200

HIP award for soft savings/intangible benefits

What is Tier 1 awards?

200

Employees who represent their department with continuous improvement

Who are CI Liaisons?

200

Process improvement methodology taught during the CI endorsement program training

What is DMAIC?

200
HIP

What is Henderson Innovation Program?

300

The group who should be trained and leading PI

Who are managers and supervisors?

300

HIP award for hard savings/tangible benefits

What is Tier 2 awards?

300

Share knowledge and best practices

What is the primary goal of the CI COP?

300

Number of classes required for the city's CI endorsement program

What is 4?

300

OPI

What is the Office of Performance & Innovation?

400

City's annual $ target for PI and Innovation projects

What is $1 million?

400

Office which oversees and manages the HIP program

Who is OPI?

400

Brainstorming activity to generate questions rather than ideas

What is Question Storming?

400

What we use to monitor a project's results

What are measures?

400

SWAE

What is the Southwest Alliance for Excellence?

500

A framework for empowering our organization to reach its goals, improve results, and become more competitive

What is the Baldrige Excellence Framework?

500

Maximum HIP award amount to employees

What is $5,000?

500

Average rate of active department participation in CI projects

What is 81%?

500

3rd party certification focused on process improvement and problem solving

What is Lean Six Sigma [green belt, black belt]?

500

OFI

What is Opportunity For Improvment?

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